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Fifty Godly and Learned Sermons (The Decades)
Fifty godly and learned sermons divided into five decades, containing the chief and principal points of Christian religion, written in three several tomes or sections, by Henry Bullinger minister of the church of Tigure in Switzerland. Whereunto is adjoined a triple or three-fold table very fruitful and necessary. Translated out of Latin into English by H.I. student in divinity.Fiftie godlie and learned sermons diuided into fiue decades, conteyning the chiefe and principall pointes of Christian religion, written in three seuerall tomes or sections, by Henrie Bullinger minister of the churche of Tigure in Swicerlande. Whereunto is adioyned a triple or three-folde table verie fruitefull and necessarie. Translated out of Latine into English by H.I. student in diuinitie.
London: printed by Henry Middleton for Ralph Newberrie, 1577London: printed by Henry Middleton for Ralphe Newberrie, 1577
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Christ our head is risen again from the dead: therefore We his members shall also rise again. And even as a cloud took away the Lord from the sight of his Disciples: So shall we that believe be carried in the Clouds to meet the Lord, and shall whoal•e in Soul and body be, and for ever dwell in Heaven with our head and Lord Christ Jesus.
Christe oure heade is risen agayne from the deade: therefore Wée his members shall also rise againe. And euen as a cloud tooke away the Lord from the sighte of his Disciples: So shall wée that belieue be caried in the Cloudes to meete the Lorde, and shal whoal•e in Soule and bodie bée, and for euer dwell in Heauen wyth oure head and Lord Christe Iesus.
And this doth John evidently teach him that readeth his fourteenth chapter where the Lord saith: I go to prepare a place for you, and will come again to you, and take you unto my self, that wheresoever I am, ye may also be.
And this doth Iohn euidently teach him that readeth his fourtenth chapter where the Lord sayth: I go to prepare a place for you, and will come againe to you, and take you vnto my selfe, that wheresoeuer I am, yee may also be.
Paul the Apostle also witnesseth and saith: We that live and shall be remaining in the coming of the Lord, shall be carried in the Clouds together with them that are raised up from the dead to meet the Lord in the air. We confess therefore in this article, that Jesus Christ being taken up into Heaven is Lord of all things, the king and bishop, the deliverer and Saviour of all the faithful in the whole world. We confess that in Christ and for Christ we believe the life everlasting, which we shall have in this body at the end of the world, and in soul so soon as we are once departed out of this world.